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been able to eolle - 61, the troops on the Island do not amount to thiee thousand men. - - I have, &c. (Signed) - .W. ;Boor-obi. Sir R. J. Strachan. Copy of a Letter from Captain BOLTON to Sir R. J. • ST R Cli AN, Bart. dated Fifgard, East Camel Roads, July. 1.5;‘ 1809. haVe to acknowledge the' receipt of your several letters of the 12th and -13th inst. the objed bf which shall, to the Vtmost of .my ability, be at tended to. .1' haye stated in my former reports,: that - there is' a battery of seven or eight guns on West Camel Point ; there is also anotiter.of seven gons en I , ld:et, under the church, about a •cable's length — frum the beach, which commands the East Gatt and Bookill'PasSages.; and you may be assured there is not another gun mounted ly,Aween this battery and 'Sconce POint. The whole of this line of beach is most favourable for debarkation,, and the groins, or digger-works, are like so many moles for boats. 'I cannot discern any 'thing like a camp. Yes terday I had conversation" with, a very intelligent who. had that day ,come from Flushing, and all over the Island. He assured me there was scarcely a-thousand men on thei,land, and very few of them French. By his account, the least water .in: the Veer Gat is four fathoms. To a certainty, if . we secure the , ale shall 'not want Pilots -for the Scheldt up to Antwerp and 'when the Island is ours, there will be plenty of Flushina, who will volunteer their services. • I am satisfiecrthe East. Gat is an excellent passage, and I have every reason to supposes the largest ships ntay proceed through a long shore in deep water all the way to Flushing. Subjoined is a report of the' force at.' Flushing. I have this day made it known to. Lord Gardner, am, &c. (Signed) 'W.- BOLTON. From the mast-head .of his Majesty's ship Fis . gard.-i—Nothing in the Roads. Sir I. R. Strachan, Bart. &c. &c. &c. DISPATCHES FROM LIEUT.-GEN. DO-N. Copy of a Dispatch from Lieut.-General DON to the Earl of LIVERPOOL. Middleburgh, 27th oElober, tog, MY LORD—I have been shewn by Lieut.-Gen. . Sir Eyre Coote the principal military points of this Island, and I. hope in a few dajs to be able to make my report thereon. I have since visited the Hos pitals; ancifeel it my indispensable duty not to lose 'one_ moment in strongly recommending, that ships for 5638 sick may instantly be sent' to convey them to England. The sick this day, for whom no conveyance has yet been provided, amount to 4378, and notwith standing the utmost exertions which may be made, I calculate that the number will increase to 5638,' before ships can arrive here for their renvival. , I have obtained my 'information rest:eating the sick of this army from the following sources, viz. from Lieutenant-Gen. Sir Eyre Coote ; from the, principal Officers of the Medial Department ; frOm the Staff and. Regimental Surgeons; and, in the Hospitals, from the Attendants on the Sick. Oa this head I have consequently every reascin to be lieve, that my information is correct ; and much do I;lament to s report that there is not a chapce of a single man now in to lictspitalnr convalescent,,over recovering sufficiently to. undergo ihe duties of a :1- dier in the field, unless he be removed from this Island in a short time. _ I.mtit also mention, that of the men stated in the ieturos as fit for duty, mote than one-third are in- Capable of a rapid march of tive.piles,- or of one night's patroling ditty. I ha% e further to report, that if the enemy •hotild force our lin," of ships of war and armed vess li from Ten eere to Rammekins, the sick would inevi tab:y fall' into the hands of the ent! . .my. - Under these very distressitig circumstances, I most earnestly solic.tt that ordeis ,tuay instantly be given for the sending of ships here, front the nearest 'ports in England, sufficient fur the :conveyance of 5638 sick ; and I indulge a hope that thuse orders may be followed up through the several depart ments by some reTonsible. person, to insure their due and prompt execution. I request yocor Lord ship's pardon for this paragraph ; but o hen the lives of British soldiers are at.statie, it is the 'duty of their General to suggest every means to sate them. I have, &c. GEORGE Dux, Lieut.-Gen. The Earl of Liverpool, &c. &c. P. S. The rank and file fit for ditty this day amount to 4534, and front that number must be de duaed the attendants on the sick, and many others, who in all armies never appear under arms; besides, es I haVe already observed; one-third is incapable of considerable exertions. G. D. The letter& - which follow trot principally of the measures of to be taken in the event of t Ise evacuatidn of the 'island being determined upon. Thin follOvs a report of the state of the island, which says ; . • " The South-test and North line of coast, ex -tending from Flushing to the Veer Gat, can for eight months in the year be proteaed by a naval force, but the marine dt-fence•of the coast from the Veer Gat to the Rammekins is not to be - depended upon, as the anchorage for frigates and armed vessels' is • within the 'range of the enemy's fire from South Beveland and Wolversclyde, and North Beveland; and further, , the marine defence of the whole coast for nearly four'months in the year cannot be relied upon, as the slfips must qui't their anchotage as soon` as the ice begins to float. " Three fourths of the coast is inclosed by 'the enemy's shore, yiz,.by Cadsand on the south, South Beveland and Wolversdyke on the east, North Beve rand and Schowen,on the north-east, .and the coast between the Ratnmekins ald the Veer Gat is with in the range of the enemy's tire, as has already been mentioned. • This island may. be attacked.from the follow ing the-West Scheldt ; passage ' between the Woivetdyke and North Beveland ; `the East Scheldt, and alsO from Ostend.and Hel-' voetaluys." . . _The Report then proceeds to slate the repairs" of works which, must lake place, and the numerous additional towers and-batteries necessary to be con structed for the defence of the island, should it be .deemed achisable to retain it ; and that a military force of 23,150 men would afterwards be necessary for its defence. The Report concludes as, follows With the above farce and arrangement, thi3 island may be considered as inassailable ; at all events capable of a most obstinate defence.7 Middleburg, 7th Novemher, 18og. Stn--In obedience to your commands to report in what degree .the destruaion, of the sea. lines of, Flushing- would prevent the enemy's fleet from having the advantage of Flushing as a naval station, and whether such destrualion would materially obstruct - aria retard the re , establishment of the basun, and what would be the additional extent of the 'mischief which ilmight occur thereby to the island of Walcheren and its inhabitants, I ha);-e the honour to otTer as my opinion, that the dismantling the batteries on the t.' lines, together with the de struction of their parapets and a partial demolition of the.line of rampart, more elspecially on each side of the entrance.; into the harbours, wduld effectually deprive the enemy for a time of the advantage 'of - Flushing a. a naval- stai ion, and that such destruc tion would m• st materially litres; the enemy, like wise retard and obstruct. the re-establishment of the basin and all other services connected with the place . - as a naval station and depot. • That any fun her demolition than has been stated, would expose, the town of Eushing and the greater part of the Island of .Waki)eten to an inundation, destruel lye' to the town, the 161 and ,, and the inha bitants of .have, &c. (Signed) ROB. PI I,KINGTpts7, Lieut.-Gen. lion, Lieut. -C l: Royal Engineers. The. folloxi'',ing a►ticle relative- to the intended changes in Hujand, is givvn in* the French Pa pers AIIStERDAM, JAN. 10.--We appear to be on the eve of seeing our 'fate decided. On Saturday last the public curiosity was strongly excited by the ar rival here of a Chamberlain cat the King from Paris, in great haste. His dispatches o:casioned an im mediate meeting of the Council of State,; arid the Council of the Ministers, IA ho continued deliberat ing the whole night. The same Chatr : berlajn set out again as soon as passible, - with the result of the deliberations, which have been transmitted to his' Majesty. Nothing positive has transpired on th.s subjed ; but it is presumed that the King has con voked these two Councils in order tb" take their opi nion on the important changes which ate about to take place in this country. 1 Extraa of a Dispatch from Lient.-General Dot to the Earl of LIVERPOOL, dated 18th Nov: 1809 . .. Head-Quarters, Middleturgh-, 13th Nov. 1809. IMY Lottb—l have just had the honour to receive your Lordship's dispatch of the 9th instant, acknow ledging my letter of 3d and 4th of this month. i lam happy to find that between 4or 5000 tons of shipping hale sailed from Harwich and the . Downs, for the conveyance of sick from.this island, I , and that an equal number of transports are pre paring to sail without delay ; this tonnage will, I trust,-enable me to remove all the sick, and also the worst cases amongst the convalescents. • , • There will then rerna'n A,eon persons composing h this army to be removed, and for whoM men of war and transports 1111.151 be proaided. Withretiaea to stores, Icoueeive that 2,500 ton nage Will'also be wanted, and that horse-ships for 700 horses rrinst like - wise bc.l'sent:# . I perceive by the tenor of your Lordship's diS • patch, 'that some considerable time ,Nt ilLyer alpie before Means are given for I he. complete evacuation • of this island, and I - think it therefore'yery adV 4 .Sable ' thatthe 1800 men from the Sussex district, and who I conclude atie now in the Dbwns, Slimild be sent - here without a - moment's delay. . . I shall not disembark this force, but on . its arrival shall station it partly off Fort RatnrrhlniS,- an d partly • pattly off Ter Veer, so that I May be 'enabled to 'avail myself' of it.at a moment's notice, shou!d any operations on the part of the enemy renderrits de barkation expedient. Since,my dispatch of the 3cl November, the ene my has considerably increased his flotilla, and 1Q,60 - 0 •men are - certainly expe6ted at Antwerp of the 18th inst. ; it will be therefore advisable to hold in readi ness the remainder of the reinforcement mentioned in your Lordship's dispatch of 'the 27th 'alt. Several other letters follow, which relate the mea sures adopted for destroying the %corks at Flushing. The last is a letter fkom Capt, Filkington; which concludes by saying, that, "" the ihdertaking hap.... pity terminated in an els:4;4010n that succeeded ita displacing' the very foundations - throughout the whole work." . - . • MAILS. Duz—s Qottenburgh, i Dublin, 4 Waterford. • PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT TWELVE O'CLOCK. Consols - - - ... -- • .-.-- -- -:.----.. 6 7 ii i T ILE S UN. SCL,T.M QUIS DIC.ERL FALSUM AUDEAT L 0 N D 0 IV, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY I, I 8 10. Lait night, Mr. BANKEi moved for leave to. bring in a Bill to prevent the . granting of atliee4 in rever sion, which was agreed to without a chVisiOri._ , The Papers relative ,the Walcheren Expedition were yesterday. delivered, printed; to the Memhe; - s of both Houses of Parliament. We / have obtained •a copy, from which we have extraacd a.consider able portion of the docturients - respelling 'this it'd portant,.subject. We shall give the remainder 4s s o on as possible. • It is irnai to Understand the - • policy which France has adopted towards. America. According to the last accounts•from France, 211 the cargoes of the American ships that were detained have been confiscated ;. but even•thiq, we are con virced, will not rouse -the spirit of the American --- Guvernment. ' Yesterday about halt past twelve o'clock, his MA JESTY arrived at the Queen's Palace from Windsor, where he was received by the Dukes of YORK, KENT, CUMBERLAND, and CAMBRIDGE. Soon after two o'clock his MAJESTY held a Private Levee. The presentations were -7 Lieutenant, Colonel Wiley, upon his promotion to a corn pally in the Ist Regiment of Foot Guards. Sir Frederick Baker, upon his coming to his title. The Rev. John Garnett, Chaplain in Ordinary to his Ma. jesty, upon hig promotion to the Deanery .ot Exeter. Capt. N. Newman, upon his return from Basque Roads. His MAJES int gave•audiences to - Mr. PE R CGVAL, the rest of the Cabinet Ministers present, and Sir DAVID DUNDAS. His MAJESTY held a Privy Council, at which 'the Sheriffs for the year - ensuing were sppointed. About six o'clock' the KING set otf upon his re turn to Windsor. Yesterday a Messenger came to town from Wind 90r, with a letter for Sir HENRY FTALi'OR6 (late Di. VAUGHAN), requiring his attendance at Wind sor, upon the, Princess AmaLIA, with all possible speed, • The ROYAL FAMILY are expeaed in town, on Tuesday, to remain till Friday: The KING to hold a Private Levee and Priyy N Council . on Wednesday, and the QUEEN alDrawing Room on Thursday-. Yesterday a Court of Direetors was held at. the East India House,. when CaptainGE6ROß HOOP ER was sworn into the command of the ship Sir If il liam Bensley, consigned to Madras and BetigaL- - -- The Court adjourned - at six o'clock till tO.-morrow. The French Papers contain the . following Pro clamation, issued by tl.e Eiliiieror of AUSTRIA, to the of the .11ungaiian Nobility : PROCLAMATION , . OF HIS MAJESTY THE EMPEROR TO THE MEMBERS OF HUNGARIAN NOBILITY. Faithful imitators of the examples of your an cestors, guided by your attaenment and obedience to your Sovereign, and animated with the most ar . .lent zeal for the country, you replied with equal zeal and energy to the appeal which I Made to you in defence of the Throne and the Country. • " I acknowledge your bravery; I have been a wit., ness of youy 'courageOits efforts, in Order to fulfil your glorious destination'. I have 'seen the happy ; effeas of them; and after the Multiplied proofs of ' courage which a great number among you have often given me, I always reckoned with an entire t confidence, that the united eorps would 'rival my artily in keeping the enemy from thy monarchy, and save the state by A decisive blow, Peace has terminated yonr glorious Works. "' • " Your Severeign takes, leave of you with grati tude for' all yoit have &lie; and alt 'that you %vele . disposed to have done. Ehjoy in this boiiiins of xovit families t'he ghtisfatlitm of having fit Whet! ycur duty .to your Sovereigh and to your country. Preserve the heroic Sentiments Of Your ancestors . , that _ this national energy may never .-_! . l.veala:tied in you, that reipea ;f - or'"} our superiors, union among your selves, and love of order 'may be your • moll s ° in "limee as' iii vAr ; that a happy . inixtue of citil and kl'arMe virtues, of Which the ann tly of'Hon ga ry - afford so many examfleh, may assure youf'repose an 1 happin6ss, will be cOustantly`the'object of the Wishes and effints, of your Soveriegn." " Ptesburgh, lan. it." FRANCIS.'! • , . ESSEX ELEcrioN.—The Lie Ellen of a Member to • serve in . .1 3 arlianie.nt tor this Connly, in - the room of .'JOHN BULLOCK, Es'ci. dece ised, commenced yester day. At The chise of the tirst . day's poll the ntainliers declared br the Sheriff were— John Archer tioublon, Esq . . - - C 63 Montagu Burgoyne, tsq. - - tor- Majority in favour of Mr. Iloubl?n - 472 It is supposed the poll will be: open kept 'n severa . . day 4. ' A A . motion was yesterday made in the Court of COMMOO Pleas to ,airreSt the jt:dgment'obtained .by Lord LEICESTER against the Proprietors of a Morning Paper.—After Some conversation between the Counsel for the.P.aintift and ,the Judges, it was determined that the cause should stand over. THE THEATRE. = The excellent CoMedY of The Jealota !Pile was represented last night at Covent- Garden Theatre belore'a very numerous audience, who were-abundantly gratified by the general merit of the Performance. YOUNG exhibited the anxieties of Oakley it'd) great feeling, and Mrs. C. KEIABLE was not less.successful iii pourtraying the suspicious and 'passionate Wile.—Coexe appeared to more advantage in Major Oakley • than we have ever seen. him 'do 'befoile' irr charaBers of • fa"- maim. life:-CHARLES •KEMBLE . has 'aim ays been a 'spirited' representative of Charles Oakley, and he• fully sustained his credit - on this occasion. He was particularly' successf9l in the diunken scene, and was much applauded. • • We jwish our modern play wrights Would leave.their horrors and their speclacies, to fi-m a useful and entertaining, drama• on the model of this excellent comedy. • • A genteel' young wcinan, ,under twenty years of age, •who belonged to a 'very resliealiible milanery house in St: James's, was found draWned in the Paddington Canal on Sunday last. • A Jury delivered a - vetdid of insanity; and a cli,appoinment in her affeaions was suppoSed to have led the deceased to • self -destruaion. Mr. BURGOYNE - has retained Mr. CLIFFORD (0 at tend at, the Hustings during the eleaisin for the county of Essex, a circumstance by no means cal culated to strengthen his hopes of success. The obnal routine of speechifying took place, but from all we hear, Mr. BURGOYNE has no chance of suc ceSs.:. NAVAL NEWS: PLYMOUTH, JAN, '3o'.--Arrive4 his Majesty's Oil Philomela froni a 'cruize ; the Betsey, IV DGE, from London, with deals, bound to this port; the Lively' Goon, from Lyme; Jane, ARNOTT, from Sunder' land Mercury, SMARDON, from Neath ; GANTLETT,. from Chichester; and Mary, WesT► from Swansea. Sailed his' Majesty's ship Sytelle,:Capt. IJETom for the Cork station. PORTIMOUTH, JAN. 31.—Sailed this day' his lvfr jesty's ship Trinculo; With a convoy of about fifty sal for the Downs. Came in last evening the Rhadcananthe, 13aow) from London, bound to Malta. Arrived this day, his Majesty's ship Aiohe, of 2 8 guns, Capt. LOIUNG, from the West Indies. Arrived his Majesty's ship Hardy from Plymouth. Sailed his Majesty's ships Vesuvius, Centinel, and Galgo, for the Eastward. SHEERNESS, JAW. 30.--Arrived the Shields ten' der, with volunteers and imprest men for the flea. Came down the River Thames his Majesty's still / Iris, Capt. SHORTLANii. Carne ipto harbour his Majesty's sloop ilvenger. Arrived his Majesty's ship Africa, and the All" Cutter. Came down from Gravesend his Majesty's ships Leda and Iris ; and the Venerable from Chatham. • DEAL, JAN. 31.--Arrived the Basilisk gun-brig from Portsmouth, and Oiled for the Nore. Sailed the Dispatch Pdot vessel on a cruise off Dungeness. LAlk REPORT. COURT OF KING's BENCH, lAN. 31. CRIMINAL INFORMATION. —THEATRICAL OUTRAGS' The ATTORNEY GENERAL moved for a rule to shew cause why a Criminal Information should DOt be filed against a person of the nam e o f Willi ams , and several others, whom,. he mentioned, for a most via' lent outrage committed in the Chester Theatre, and for a dangerous riot there.—He stated, that on the night of the benefit of Aliss one of the A' tresses belonging to the above-mentioned Theatre ' s d'sturbatice took place, wli ch - entirely prevented, the perfbitnatice,going on, and SO annoyed the peace: able part of the community there, that they dared not •• . n venture to g 6 near the HOus,e, whereby Mis o Halliday was so mud? injured, that her friend; Obta i ined another night for her, and 8116 w as favoured with the 12th instant tor tl4t pose: But the sarqe riotous parties having assets' bled" at an early 'hOur, the • doors were of necev # :, Sity. kept :They, hoWevq, btirit them openy, rushed into all parts 'of the f-It',ue„ and nearly der, moliShed it. During ,the uproar,' tbe whole town witt' in the greatest and the most serious alarrrO . were entertained for 'the liVeS'of several . tinoirending, perslop* . —iole granted. THE KING V. JOY - AND ORADDObIC. This was a' role Calling upon 'rho defendants la slim; cause why a Criminal. Info:rniation s i ro uld n ot be filed against"th e i u fdcr a:Odom the'Rev. Dolor' libdgscp, Principal of Brazen Nose College,Oxforde" Which appeared 'id periodical 131.1,b'lication, called • The Anti-Jacobin, of i'‘ttich thy were . t h epubli s hers; The ATTORNEY, o,ivEriiii.., Mr:-CuawooD, aUd. Mr. Rlcumti:)s6N, _this day spewed cause, but the', Court allowed the_rule to be made absolute.. BANNISTER is performing at the Crow - street, Theatre, Dublin, t o crow d e d h ouses , every night.--" The.Yiceregal pity have san6tioned this Theatre 1 11 a trinSt liberal and marked manner. It has been observed that though Lord FoLK STONE, ' FRANCIS Byttptp•r t and Mr. 'WIT IT. BREAD have been such vehement supporters of Mr. WARDLE, their names do not appear in the list of those who have subsrtbed for money to indemnify the disinterested Patriot . for his liberal services. Per haps.the three Gentlemen ab ove -M ent i one d , think they quite. enough in giving him their good word, a adltruly we conceive that they are sufficiently charitable, for that ad of bounty in no small degree affeds their credit. • • • The last foreign letters mention the discovery of an enormous serpent, found in demOlishing a rave' lin, that darted uPon the men who rproacheci him; and that three men, bit by him, died of thhir wounds. Being at lase killed, the serpent, they add, was found to weigh seventy pounds. - No loss cart be sustained by adventuring in the Lottery ; the tax is voluntary, and if it were l ot subscribed to, the money arising therefrom must be raised In another way, and few there are but must, pay a larger proportion to the revenue, than what they sport in a Lottery ; therefor& those who do adventure, stand the chance of all the Capital' Prizes without risk. TicketS and Shares are selling b 7 HORNSBY and Co. who solicit the favour of the Public on the present occasion—the Drawlng be gins and finishes on Valentine's Day, the 14th inst. Prizes paid on demand. 'No. 26, Cornhill, and Sts: Margaret's Hill, Borough. SHIP NE/YS. CRAYRStND, JANUARY 300 Sailed—the Elphinstone, Craig, and Alfred, WeAteads for India; and the lane, Barry, lin Gibraltar. lAN. 31. Arrived—the Cialception, Mercham, from Phi" ladel phia'. 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